"South American Carignan"? Somehow I have a hard time seeing that yielding an active month of wide-ranging conversation.

Cabernet Sauvignon is an awfully broad concept, in the other direction, and to some extent it's like Pinot Noir where good isn't cheap and cheap isn't good.

Keep those ideas coming in, folks, and remember the most interesting topics come about when we settle on a wine that's fairly easy for everyone to get and also interesting enough to inspire tastings and discussion.

And distributed where? Seriously, Carl, I'm not picking on you, but for Wine Focus to thrive, we really need to pick a subject wine that's both interesting (okay, Diamond has that potential), and widely available so the whole crew can compare tastings and discussion. I honestly think that DIamond has a problem in that regard.

Okay, let's look at it this way: Wine-Searcher.com finds exactly 11 matches for a searchon the Diamond variety, and they're all Eastern wines lacking wide distribution.

And distributed where? Seriously, Carl, I'm not picking on you, but for Wine Focus to thrive, we really need to pick a subject wine that's both interesting (okay, Diamond has that potential), and widely available so the whole crew can compare tastings and discussion. I honestly think that DIamond has a problem in that regard.

Okay, let's look at it this way: Wine-Searcher.com finds exactly 11 matches for a searchon the Diamond variety, and they're all Eastern wines lacking wide distribution.

CDP + GSM seems like a perfect Focus topic, but as part of our farewell to Bob's South Americasn Carignan idea I would like to thank him for his link to the Carignan page on the Wines of Chile site. I see this oft despised grape does have an interesting history in South America, and I'll be in Argentina and Chile with out neighborhood wine merchant and will be sure to look into it.